What surprised Wang Xuexin was that it was quite large, like a refrigerator, and it took five people to lift it out.
This immediately confused Wang Xuexin. He had thought that the rangefinder would be larger than the modern one-hand type, but he did not expect it to be so much larger.
"Director Su!" Wang Xuexin said to Su Liguo: "You are not made of electron tubes, are you?"
Su Liguo said in embarrassment: "How can it be possible, leader! It is made of transistors! But it is a laser transmitter, and the receiving device is a time device. There must be a few mercury delay lines in it to store data...can it
Not big?"
When Wang Xuexin heard this, he understood that it turned out that the mercury delay memory was to blame... This thing does take up a lot of volume and weight. It contains mercury, and it also needs to maintain temperature and keep rotating. No wonder it has such a size.
Such weight.
Wang Xuexin turned his attention to Chen Jiefeng and said: "Xiao Chen, we will no longer store data in mercury delay memory!"
Chen Jiefeng said "Ah": "Captain, what should we use to store data?"
"How convenient is it to use a transistor?" Wang Xuexin hates the fact that the transistor has been invented, but you still don't know how to use it.
However, Chen Jiefeng didn't expect it. He asked back: "But leader, doesn't using transistors to store data have the same problems as relays and electron tubes? As soon as the power is turned off, the data will be gone..."
Wang Xuexin asked Chen Jiefeng: "If the mercury delay memory is powered off, will the data still be there?"
When Chen Jiefeng thought about it, he was right, mercury delay memory cannot be powered off.
Chen Jiefeng forgot something. The main reason why relays and electron tubes were not used to store data before was that using them would take up a much larger volume, and in addition to the huge volume, they would also consume an astonishing amount of power.
More importantly, relays and tubes are unstable and unreliable, and the data can easily be destroyed due to component burnout... If the original data is destroyed, the calculation will definitely be inaccurate, and the entire system will be paralyzed.
In this case, it is necessary to use mercury delay line memory, which is much more stable and smaller in size.
But now the transistor has come out, which is not only small in size, light in weight, highly reliable, and consumes less power, but isn't it stupid to use mercury delay memory?
Can such a big gadget be stuffed into a tank?
Even if the tank can be mounted, if the anti-tank missile only requires five people to carry a rangefinder, then it is better to use the first generation!
After reacting, Chen Jiefeng immediately nodded and said: "Yes, leader! I will modify it immediately, but this transistor is a bit..."
As he spoke, Chen Jiefeng turned his attention to Su Liguo.
Su Liguo gritted his teeth and nodded: "If it is for research and development, I will work overtime to produce it for you!"
So the problem was settled. The laser rangefinder was taken back for upgrade just after it was taken out.
But this is not just a problem with laser rangefinders, computers will also take a big step forward due to memory upgrades.
The last thing to go off the assembly line was the tank... The rough equipment of the bear has its advantages.
Yingjiang's equipment is made very carefully, such as tanks, and every bit of space inside is carefully weighed and rationalized. The products made in this way are indeed easy to use and have high reliability.
But if there is anything that needs to be changed, it would be to change the whole thing.
To put it bluntly, Mao Xiong's tank is just a tractor chassis with a turret on top. If anything, the difference is that the engine is much better than that of the tractor. Whatever is inside can be used, just use it, and piece it together to build a tank.
Just came out.
If you want to modify the cannon, it's simple. It was originally pieced together, but now it's just a matter of replacing it with something else.
If it's too small here, just add a piece, and if it's out of reach, just move it to the other end...just like a child playing with building blocks.
But the designer of Mao Xiong used this ability to piece together a bunch of junk into a piece of equipment, and it is quite easy to use. I have to say that this is also a skill!
Therefore, Wang Xuexin did not encounter any difficulty in installing the 100MM smoothbore gun. If there was any difficulty, the entire magazine was removed and replaced... When the T44 was designed before, an 85MM tank gun was used, and the magazine was also 85MM.
The caliber of the artillery shells was designed, and of course it needs to be changed now that it is 100MM.
But Belinnikov is indeed capable.
Originally, it was replaced with a 100MM artillery magazine. Everyone thought that the amount of ammunition would definitely be reduced, and many tank soldiers were worried about this.
The reason is that the T44's ammunition reserve is not much, only 58 rounds.
The ammunition reserve of other "Sherman" tanks is 71 rounds.
However, this ammunition preparation is in line with the national conditions of Mao Xiong... Each tank will not survive long, so why prepare so many ammunition?
As for Eagle Sauce, I plan to come back after a wave to reload before going up to fight. In the long run, considering the continuity of battlefield firepower, of course I need to prepare more shells!
The Eighth Route Army obviously prefers the latter.
The opponent of the Eighth Route Army is the Japanese. Although the Japanese have the "Tiger Style", isn't the T44 equipped with 100 slips and equipped with a detachable one?
In this case, this tank is the master of killing everyone. If it runs out of shells after just a few hits... it will become a useless piece of scrap metal.
The tank crews just hope that the number of artillery shells will not be reduced too much: originally it was 58 rounds, but now it needs 50 rounds, right? If it is less than 50 rounds, it will not be safe!
As a result, when the magazine was loaded upward, the soldiers were surprised to find that it could actually hold 57 rounds, which was only one round less than the original amount of ammunition!
It turned out that Belinnikov used his knowledge of the T44 to use his brain to plan the magazine rationally.
Compared with the original magazine, it is only wider by an invisible two centimeters but holds many more shells.
This made Wang Xuexin feel that everything was worth it... Fortunately, he sold the clothes to the bear in time, otherwise would Belinnikov be willing to work so hard?
When the new tank came out, Wang Xuexintu went in and stayed for a while.
But after only staying for a while, I couldn't stand it anymore and crawled out.
Tanks are very beautiful in other people's minds. Hiding inside is like hiding in a steel fortress, and you feel instantly safe.
But in fact, what it gives people is not a sense of security but an insecurity.
This is not only because the space inside is depressing, nor is it just because there are corners everywhere and it is difficult to turn around, but also because as soon as you stay inside, you can't help but imagine the moment when the enemy's shells are aimed at you and fired.
You can even imagine the enemy's shell hitting your own tank.
Look at the magazine next to it... there is no sense of security at all!
Therefore, when Wang Xuexin came out, he looked at the tank soldiers differently.
Thanks to them for being able to endure this hardship!